RAB busts teen gang in Dhaka, 8 held

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained seven members of a teen gang and arrested its alleged 35-year-old leader in Dhaka city.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB-2 raided the city's Pallabi area on Wednesday night and nabbed the eight.

Some sharp weapons were also seized from their possession, the elite force said on Thursday.

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The teen gang members were involved in crimes like mugging, robbery, eve-teasing and extortion, the RAB Headquarters said in a release.

Many of them are drug addicts, it said.

The 35-year-old gang leader has been identified as Delwar Hossain alias Paltu. Others are legally minors, aged 18-19 years.